Chapter nine: Eavesdropping
I slowly put my hand on the ground and pushed. My body moved upward until I was crouching over the pool of paint. My legs push up until I am standing. I start to walk towards a building and I press my back against it. Bushes were in planted in front of me so I was hidden for a while. I stand there for a second then push around the corner. I hear two voices. I only hear them end.
"...I heard both the boy and girl escaped the building." The woman said.
I slowly lay on the dirt and listen.
"Yes, they did. It's all over the news. Markus also talked to me about it." The man said.
"The boy was found dead on the ground. Nobody knows who killed him." She said.
They must be talking about me and Mira. They really thought I was dead.
"When they came back they saw the boy gone and only the pool of blood remained. Some people think they took his body and hid it. I think they just gave him a proper burial." He said.
"The girl escaped along with the boy's mother and father." She said.
"How do you know that?" He asked.
"Because I took his parents from the boy a year ago. I also chose him as a fighter so we could take him. Even if he won I could take him when he was at his weakest position and now they need to find new fighters unless they find the boy alive with the girl." She said. "The boy is special, and we need to keep his powers contained. If he ever found out about this it would be dangerous. He could destroy the arena and take over the world by himself. And that's not even all. He is growing more powerful by the minute soon his power will be hard not to use." She remarked.
"Still, you should return his parents and let him live a normal life, he deserves it. He's had a very hard life. He started living on the streets taking care of his sisters when his parents disappeared-"
"I took them." She corrected. "Go on."
"Right," he said "like I said he should be left alone and shouldn't get hurt at all. After all he is just a boy." He said.
"Just a boy? He's not just a boy! He's a monster! If he tried to use his powers the human race would suffer him as leader!" She shouted.
"I'm sorry, but I really think we should let him go with his mother and father. So he can have a family. He will hunt you down you know." He told her.
"Not unless we have him in our testing lab to test on him. We can have him wired so if he even moves a muscle he gets shocked." She said. "He will be in that lab for the rest of his life. Where he can't harm anyone."
I wince at the thought.
"You'll be harming him! Torturing him? Really! That's a terrible idea. Instead of him hurting anyone, you'll be hurting him! Torturing him, to be exact!" He said. "Angeline, don't even think about it. I am a higher rank than you and I can fire you!"
"Andrew I'm afraid you won't be able to fire me today. You won't ever be able to fire me!" She yelled.
"Wha-"
There was a gunshot and Andrew's body slumped to the ground.
She smiles. "Andrew, you won't be able to do anything ever again."
She walks away from the building. She wanted to kill me. I was dangerous to her. A new enemy I guess. Good thing I eavesdropped. Now I know who to hide from. I'm afraid I will have to something better than hiding. I'll most likely have to fight her. Either lose and live being tortured and tested on or win and kill her. There was no choice though. I would have to kill her before she takes me. Maybe she tested on my parents. If she did she is dead. I will have to kill her at some point or I'll die in a lab.
Andrew's dead body burned into my mind and I realize what I have to do now. I have to kill her or she takes over the world. I crawl over to Andrew and feel his heart. It's beating so he's still alive.
"Andrew?" I whisper.
He takes a big breath then says, "yeah?"
"I'm sorry. You deserved a longer life." I said.
"You're alive, Will?" He smiles.
"Yeah." I say.
"Will," He asked.
"Yeah?" I say.
"Defeat Angeline for me will you?" He said and closes his eyes.
"Don't worry Andrew, I will." I said.
I had to kill Angeline, she would either torture me or I kill her. I didn't want either to happen but one or the other would happen. I might have to die trying, but I have to kill Angeline. Or I would die. I can't die but right now, I need to learn how to use my powers.
"Good bye, Andrew." I say and I leave the field.
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